New York's Mayoral Rivals Vow Cheap Housing Plus More Migrants

New York's Mayoral Rivals Vow Cheap Housing Plus More Migrants: New York City politicians are promising billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to push down housing costs they are pushing up by supporting illegal migration into the city. “New York Has a Housing Crisis,” said the June 13 headline in the New York Times, above an article describing how pro-migration mayoral candidates are trying to reduce housing costs: Mr. [Andrew] Yang and Mr. [Shaun] Donovan said they would spend billions of dollars a year to build or preserve 30,000 [housing] units meant for families in a range of incomes. … For many candidates, investing in the housing authority, or NYCHA, is crucial to helping the poorest New Yorkers. Ms. [Maya] Wiley and Mr. Donovan said they would borrow and spend $2 billion a year in city money to improve public housing; Mr. [Raymond] McGuire and Mr. [Scott] Stringer said they would borrow and spend up to $1.5 billion.